Wind-engine



2 Sheets-Sheet '1..

(No Model.)

D. & W. W. SHILLING.

WIND ENGINE.

Patented June 16, 1885.

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(No Model.) 2 SheetsSheet 2. D.& W. W. SHILLING.

WIND ENGINE.

Patented June 16, 1885.

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DAVID SHILLING AND \VILLIAM \V. SHILLING, OF TROY, OHIO.

WIND-ENGINE.

$PEEFICATIN forming part of Letters Patent No. 320,182, dated June 16, 1885.

Application filed July 29, 1581.

To (tZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, DAVID SHILLING and WILLIAM W. SI-IILLING, both of Troy, in the county of Miami and State of Ohio, have invented a new and Improved \Vind-Engine, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

Our invention consists of improvements in the construction of the frame and the vanes or fans of the wind-wheel; also, in the contrivanee of the spider employed for shifting and holding the vanes in and out of the wind; also, in the contrivance of a governor for automatically shifting the vanes as the speed varies; also, in the contrivance of the cross-head and guides for the connectingrod; and also in the contrivance of means for utilizing the power of the engine, either by rotary or reciprocating motion, all as hereinafter fully described.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, in which similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure 1 is a perspective View of our improved wind-engine with the vanes set edgewise to the wind, as when'the engine is at rest. Fig. 2 is a plan of the cross-head. Fig. 3 is a detail of the fans. Fig. 4. is a perspective view of the tower, together with a form of transmitting-gear by which the power of the engine may be utilized either in reciprocating or rotary motion. Fig. 5 is a side elevation of a modified form of transmitting-gear for rotary motion. Figs. 6 and 7 represent side elevations of fans with modifications. Fig. 8 is a perspective view of a socket for the outer end of the arms of the wind-wheel, and Fig. 9 is asection of part of the inner rim of the wind-wheel. Fig. 10 is a detail sectional view.

lVe construct the wind-wheel by making a small rim, a, suitably attached to the hub Z) by arms 0, and having radial sockets d to receive the inner ends of the vane-supporting arms 6, to the outer ends of which we fit the large rim f, made in one or more sections, as preferred, to stay the outer ends of the arms 6 by each other, said arms being tapered at the inner ends, fitting in the sockets d, and having nutsg screwed on them, against the or other approved thin and light material, in

the body, which we secure at the inner and outer ends to the malleableiron end bars, Z and m, respectively, which we pivot to the arms 0 by socket-bearings a, adapted to allow the fans to turn freely for being set edgewise or obliquely to the wind, according as the wheel is required to be turned by the wind or not. WVe sometimes prefer to bind the edges of the fans, for stiffening and protecting them, with wire or small iron rods 0, by turning the edges over the wire or rods in the manner of wiring sheet-metal ware. The cross-bars Z and m are made with points 0 or flanges p, to be hammered down on the edges of the fans to clinch and secure them. said points being adapted to clinch the edges, whether turned or not. The points may be 10- eated at the ends of the bars only, as in Fig. 3, or at the ends, and at intervals along one side, or the continuous flanges of Fig. 1 may be employed, as preferred. Between said points the fans may be secured with rivets, if preferred, and the fans may be further stiffened by braces k, as shown in Fig. 7. The bars Z are constructed with an arm, q, having an eye, 8, by which they are connected directly, and in a simple manner, without connectingrods, to the prongs t of a spider-wheel, a, that is fitted to the wheel-shaft 2) inside of the hub b, so as to shift forward and backward along the shaft, and also to turn thereon to accommodate the swing of the vanes on the arms 0, said spider being connected by the groove win its hub and crossbar-x to the rods y, by which the spider is to be shifted for adjusting the vanes, the rods being worked and held by the cord or chain .2 when the wheel is to be stopped and held out of the wind, and by the governor a when the fans are to be held in the wind for driving the wheel. The rods are connected to the crossbar b, which is jointed to the arm 0, mounted on pivots at d and having a toothed segment, 6, concentric to the pivots d, that is geared to the wheel f, pivoted at 6 and geared with the toothed adjusting-rod g of the governor, which is geared with the wheel-shaft o by a pair of bevel-wheels, h, to be rotated thereby, for holding the vanes in the wind and regulating the speed of the wheel, according as the governor varies by the speed of the wheel. The wheel f has an arm, i, to which the cord or chain 2 is connected, for stopping the wheel by forcing the vanes edgewise to the wind against the act-ion of the governor, as represented in Fig. 1, said cord or chain extending over a guide-pulley, j, and down through the tower to the base, where it is to be fastened to a peg or other device for holding the vanes out of the wind. This cord or chain will have a vswivel to prevent it from twisting by the justing-rod g of the governor and with the stop-chain z are mounted. The arms t, which carry the tail-vane, are also mounted on said turn-table arm Z. The wheel shaftv turns a wheel, a, on a counter-shaft, v, and having a crank-pin, w, to which the connecting rod 00' is fitted, for driving the workingrod y, extending down the tower in suitable bearings, .2, said rods :cand g/beingconnected to a crosshead consisting of a spider, a hav-. ing three or more radial arms, I), carrying a friction-roller, 0 in the outer-extremities, suitable to work in the bore of the hollow pivot a of the tower-cap for the guide to the cross head, said guide and cross-head being thus arranged to enable the cross-head to shift around freely in the guide as the wheel shifts on the tower with the wind.

To enable the wind-engine thus constructed to be used for driving either reciprocating or rotary mechanism, when required, we make a section of the working-rod to consist of a yoke, 6 and arrange a driving-shaft, f, in suitable bearings in the tower, so as to extend through said yoke and connect with said yoke and shaft means for turning the shaft by one member of the yoke when the yoke descends,

' and by the other member of the yoke when it ascends, which said means may consist of the toothed racks and h arranged in different planes and-gearing, respectively, with the toothed wheelst' and j fitted on said shaft,

so that one connects with the shaft by a ratchet and pawl, kfland drives in one direction, while the other wheel turns loose and the other wheel acts reversely thereto; or a' pair of levers, 2*, may be substituted for the wheels, said levers having reversely and alternately acting ratchets and pawls 7c", and being connected to the yoke by rods of, so that one turns the shaft when the yoke goes down and the other continues the motion of. the shaft by the upstroke of the yoke. carries a driving-pulley, 117, from which the power is to be transmitted by a belt, 0 to the mechanism to be driven thereby. The rod extends below the yoke for working a pump or other reciprocating apparatus, as may be desired.

The mechanism herein shown and described secured by nuts 9, and the outer rim, f, fitted on said arms by the grooved sockets h 1; and secured by nuts j, substantially as described.

2. The combination of the toothed wheel f having arm 11, and wheel 6, having arm 0, with the toothed regulating-rod g of the governor a, and the shiftingrods connected with the vane, shifting spider a, substantially as described.

3. The cross-head a having rollertipped radial arms [2 in combination with the connecting-rod m, working-rod y, and the hollow turn-table pivot n of the towercap, substan tially as described.

4. The combination, with the vanes k, the spider u, having arms t, engaging the lower bands, Z, of the vanes, and the shaft 22, of the rods 3 the toothed segment 0, having arm 0, connected to said rods, the toothed wheel f, having arm i, the cord 2, attached to said arm t, and the rack-rod 9, having a bevcl-wheel on its upper end engaging a bevel-wheel on the shaft 12, substantially as herein shown and described.

DAVID- SHILLING. WILLIAM W. SHILLING.

\Vitnesses:

GEORGE W. PEEKHAM, CHARLES R. SI-IILLING.

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